Re: octave 3.4.0 on Scientific Linux 5

[Michael Martins]

Dear Jordi

> On 25 February 2011 03:40, Michael Martins <address@hidden> wrote:
> > we are using octave (3.2.x) here (at Desy in Germany/Hamburg) on some
> > machines running Scientific Linux 5 (SL5). Yesterday I tried to upgrade
> > to 3.4.0. Compiling worked fint octave do not start. ./run-octave for
> > testing is just delivering a "segmentation error". Are there any other
> > users running 3.4.0 on SL5 ? Somehow SL should be the a natural system
> > for octave
> 
> I suspect a library problem. Can you generate a backtrace? Do
> 
>      ./run-octavve -g
> 
> and type "run" at the prompt. That should catch the segfault inside
> gdb, now type "bt" to give us a backtrace. The output in config.log
> might also be relevant. Compress it if you send it to the mailing
> list. Also, what CPU architecture are you using? That information
> should be available in the config.log.
> 
> Thanks,
> - Jordi G. H.

Thank you for the fast response. Unfortunately I am a little bit helpless with 
this type of error. The machine is a Quadcore Dual Xeon systems running a 
64bit SL5.

All the best
Michael
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Here is the backtrace

GNU gdb Fedora (6.8-27.el5)
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0x2b10bfb0dc40 (LWP 29863)]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00002b10bd7cabe8 in sigemptyset () from 
/scratch/martins/octave-3.4.0/src/.libs/liboctinterp-3.4.0.so
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00002b10bd7cabe8 in sigemptyset () from 
/scratch/martins/octave-3.4.0/src/.libs/liboctinterp-3.4.0.so
#1  0x00002b10bcd87ae1 in octave_set_signal_handler (sig=2, 
handler=0x2b10bcd88050 <sigint_handler>, restart_syscalls=true) at 
sighandlers.cc:225
#2  0x00002b10bcd87baa in octave_catch_interrupts () at sighandlers.cc:460
#3  0x00002b10bcd87c13 in install_signal_handlers () at sighandlers.cc:529
#4  0x00002b10bcd5a547 in octave_main (argc=6, argv=0x7fffaddee7c8, 
embedded=0) at octave.cc:665
#5  0x0000003897c1d994 in __libc_start_main () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#6  0x0000000000400659 in _start ()

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